Water-assisted structural manipulation of ferromagnetically filled carbon onions: The case of high pressure Fe3O4

Ayoub Taallah, Omololu Odunmbaku, Sameera Ivaturi, Jiqiu Wen, Mengjiao Liu, Xiaotian Zhang, Daniel Medranda, Shanling Wang, S. Boi Filippo*

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Abstract

Carbon nano-onions (CNOs) are quasi-spherical fullerene-like structures with self-arranged in graphitic carbon shells. Reversible controlled transformations of these nanostructures into carbon nanodiamonds (CNDs) have been recently demonstrated by using a laser wavelength of 532 nm. However, no studies have yet reported on structural transitions in metal/carbide filled CNOs (Me-C@CNOs). In this work we have investigated such structural transitions in the case of Fe-C@CNOs with controlled curvature. A novel re-crystallization effect which leads to progressive increase in the intensities of the D, G and 2D bands is found. This observation is supported by controlled temperature dependent X-ray diffraction measurements in vacuum. Further, the addition of the controlled amount of water to ferrocene in the synthesis allows the enhancement of the sp3 carbon-characteristics of CNOs, with a progressive oxidation of the encapsulated particles into a high pressure Fe3O4 phase.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2018
EditorsArup Biswas, Veerendra K. Sharma, S. M. Yusuf
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735418516
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jul 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event63rd DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2018, DAE-SSPS 2018 - Hisar, Haryana, India
Duration: 18 Dec 201822 Dec 2018

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume2115
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference63rd DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2018, DAE-SSPS 2018
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityHisar, Haryana
Period18/12/1822/12/18

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